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boston marks one week since the terror attact bombing investigation. as boston marks one week since the terror attack at the marathon, authorities say the lone remaining suspect is awake and communicating. ♪ how great is thy god remembering the fallen. the small town of west, texas, pays tribute to the 14 people killed in last week's blast at a fertilizer plant. you don't want to lose the rest of your whole life, like 40-some years. you never know what this does to people. >> and flood fears along the mississippi river. waters rise, causing evacuations and emergency declarations. captioning funded by cbs
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this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, april 22nd, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, the city of boston plans a one-minute moment of silence this afternoon one week after the deadarathon bombings as the fbi gets its first chance to question suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev. here's the latest. tsarnaev is awake responding to investigators but he's unable to speak. police suspect tsarnaev and his older brother were likely planning other attacks. city officials plan to reopen the area around boylston street where the bombs detonated after it's released by the fbi and environmental and safety checks are completed. that's where susan mcginnis is this morning. susan. >> reporter: anne-marie, good morning. this is boylston street, part of that six-block region that's going to be reopened. that memorial will be relocated to copley square park. meanwhile nearby at beth israel hospital in a major development,
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the surviving suspect is communicating with the authorities. 19-year-old dzhokhar tsarnaev is reportedly awake and responding to investigators' questions. sources tus writing out his answers because of a gu throat that's left him unable to speak. a special interrogation team from the fbi will handle tsarnaev's questioning. >> how did they plan this, what was their motive, did they have help, and are there others out there. >> reporter: it appears dzhokhar and his older brother tamerlan were planning to set off other bombs. >> they were going to attack other individuals. >> reporter: tamerlan was killed during a shoot-out with police. dzhokhar escaped but was caught friday night hiding in a boat. charges against him could be filed as early as today. the city of boston will take time today to mark the one-week anniversary of the marathon bombing. at exactly 2:50 this afternoon the entire city will observe a moment of silence followed by a
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bell ringing across the street. there will also be a private funeral for krystle campbell today. there was a public wake for campell in her hometown of medford sunday. hundreds lined up to pay their respects to the 29-year-old who friends and family say was always smiling. >> she never let anything bother her, you know? just always loved life and really was just a genuine great person. >> reporter: and tonight there will be a memorial service at boston university for lingzi lu, the b.u. grad student killed in the blast. the fbi has also asked to speak with the wife of the older brother tamerlan. she is in a home in rhode island with her parents. her lawyer is now discussing how they will move forward. anne-marie? >> susan mcginnis in boston. thank you, susan. for now federal officials have decided not to read tsarnaev his miranda rights. miranda rights inform criminals of their right to remain silent
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and their right to an attorney. this is allowed on a limited basis when the public may be in immediate danger, and there are those like senator lindsey graham who say tsarnaev should be consideredn enemy combatant so he can waive his right. others disagree. >> there's plenty of evidence. they don't need it to get him into a trial. i don't think we have to cross the line and say he's an enemy combatant which could be challenged in court. one circuit rules one way, one rules the other way. >> we should reserve the right to look at him as an enemy combatant and continue to look for evidence and if we find evidence and go to him as chuck says and gather intelligence. >> now the suspect's mother says tamer lan was contacted by fbi. the fbi says that is not true but the fbi did interview him in 2011 at the request of the
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russian government. officials are focusing on a trip he made to russia in 2012. sky news's katie stallard has more. katie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes, we knew that tamerlan traveled to russia in january of last year, they husband with in the country for around six months and during the time he eled to caucasus region. that area might not be popular to all of your viewers but it's a particularly volatile region. it's where russia is saying they're fighting their own war on terror which started as an armed separatist movement, the goal of which is to establish an independent islam estate in the region. now, tamerlan's family say he was simply there visiting his relatives and he was helping his father around the house, but the authorities will now be looking very carefully at who he met with while he was there and whether any of the militant
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groups in that region provided any of the information or the ideology behind these attacks. anne-marie? >> katie, before you go, do you know if the russian government has helped the u.s. with any of this investigation? >> russia has said it stands ready to assist the u.s. investigation if needed, and we know that president putin here has spoken to president obama on friday, that he expressed his condolences on behalf of the russian people and that the two agreed to stup up cooperation on counterterrorism. sky news's kati stallard in moscow. thank you very much. this morning the boston transit police officer who was wounded in the shoot-out with the bombing suspects is in critical but stable condition. richard donahue loft nearly all his blood and had to have his heart restarted after his heart stopped and he's on a breathing machine. >> he was doing his job.
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the subsequent event showed us how heroic and dedicated an officer he is. he engaged the terrorist in the most difficult of situations that none of us can begin to imagine. >> donahue was responding to a call for assistance from the m.i.t. police. it was his friend and classmate police officer sean collier who ha mortally wounded. the london marathon was run yesterday without incident. before the race started, runners observed a moment of silence in honor of the boston victims. there were more than 34,000 runners. many wore black ribbons to show that they weren't scared away. and now to the small town of west, texas, where over 70 federal and state investigators are trying to figure out what caused a huge fertilizer plant explosion. wednesday's explosion killed at least 14 people, including ten emergency responders. 200 others were injured. and today students return to class for the first time since the blast. manuel bojorquez reports. >> reporter: for the first time
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news crews were allowed into the disaster area. this apartment building is one of 50 structures that were destroyed. wheelchairs are still lined up on an empty lawn. authorities said they were able to get a closer look at the explosion site. locad the seat of the explosion, which is important because as we conduct our investigation, we'll be workingm temeteinward. >> reporter: assistant state fire marshal kelly kistner says there is a crater he would only describe as large. on wednesday a fire at the plant caused this massive explosion. the blast was so strong it could be felt 50 miles away. residents are being allowed back into the neighborhood in phases. those closest to the plant will be the last. ♪ sing with me >> reporter: the first baptist church of west had to hold its sunday service outdoors. the church was damaged in the blast. >> as scary as this has become,
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we don't have to be afraid. >> reporter: this was the first time many victims saw each other since the disaster. the town is taking another step toward returning to normal. children will go back to school. but with three out of the four schools here damaged or destroyed, some will attend class in a neighboring town. manuel bojorquez, cbs news, west, texas. well, coming up on the "morning news," the rising mississippi. heavy rain sends the mississippi river surging over its banks, flooding nearby communities. this is the "cbs morning news." unities. this is the "cbs morning news." . i work for 47 different companies. well, technically i work for one. that company, the united states postal service® works for thousands of home businesses. because at usps.com® you can pay, print and have your packages picked up for free. i can even drop off free boxes. i wear a lot of hats.
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a sixth person was buried but alive. and warnings are in effect for areas along the mississippi and illinois rivers as heavy rain pushed them and others past flood stage. in illinois, evacuations are under way and water is already 3 feet deep in some areas, ooding isd for three deaths, and more rain is expected in missouri, 11 barges sank in the mississippi river after 114 of them broke free of their moorings saturday night near st. louis. the coast guard closed part of the river while the free-floating barges were recovered. the jefferson barracks bridge was shut down for about six hours after four of the barges hit the bridge. on the "cbs moneywatch" budget cuts may mean delays at the airport and gas prices dip. erica ferrari is here with more. good morning, erica. >> good morning, anne-marie. expect delays at the airports
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now that the budget cuts are air traffic controllers at home. the biggest delays are predicted at l.a.x., o'hare, and laguardia. the faa slashed the budget by more than $600 million. mark rosenker, a former ntsb nannal list and cbs responsibility says the delays could hit for hours. we're going to see delays for the carriers, the passengers, and frankly i believe for the economy. the country's largest pilots union and the airline is trade association are suing to stop the fur lou. asian markets were mostly higher. tokyo's nikkei added about 2% to a nearly 5-year high. hong kong's hang seng added a fraction. essentially major countries including apple, ford, exxonmobil, will release their earnings this week. it comes as they finish their worst week since november.
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the dow lost 317 points while nasdaq lofrt nearly 89. there's good news at the pump with a gallon of gas dropping 11 cents. the lung berg survey now finds the total. tulsa has the cheapest at $3.21 a gaon while chicago is the most expensive in the continental u.s. at 3.97. oblivion beat the competition at the box office this weekend. the sigh-fie thriller stars tom cruise as one of the last humans on a war-torn earth following an alien investigation. it hauled in more than $83 million. 42 fell to second place with $178 million in second. the croods rounds out the top three with 5.93. anne-marie? >> erica ferrari in new york. thank you, erica. straight ahead, your monday morning weather. and legally arrested. actress reese witherspoon has an embarrassing run-in with the law
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a snowstorm brings 1 to 6 inches to the rockies and great plains. expect rain in north carolina and florida and heavy winds from delaware through new england. rescuers in china have now reached the most remote communities hit by saturday's earthquake that killed at least 188 people. thousands left homeless slept in tents overnight following the 6.6 magnitude earthquake. 11,000 people were also injured in china's worst quake in three years. a local television reporter went on the air to cover the quake while wearing a wedding dress. she was actually having prewedding pictures taken when the earthquake struck. authorities in denver are searching for as many as two suspects in a shooting at a marijuana celebration. many of the 80,000 people gathered were sent running yesterday. two people were shot. they are expected to survive. it was the first so-called 4/20
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suspect is responding to questions. this as life slowly begins to return to normal in boston plus: it could be a huge headache for travelers. the changes at airports that cod have you waiting for hours. and do you have your reusab bag? the ban going into effect for a dozen bay area cities today. join us for kpix 5 news this morning... beginning at 4:3 good morning. it's monday,,,
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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. washington, d.c., mostly cloudy, 57 degrees. atlanta, partly sunny and mostly sunny in st. louis. denver, rain and snow. seattle, mostly sunny. in sports the red sox and royals playing a doubleheader to make up for friday's game which was postponed due to the manhunt for the boston marathon bombing suspects. well, emotions still running high at fenway park less than a week after the terror attack. in the afternoon game, kansas city gets a lead-off home run
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from alcides escobar. the royals take that game, 4-2. in the nightcap billy butler connects for a solo home run in the eighth inning that ties then the tenth boston reliever andrew miller issues a bases-loaded walk to lorenzo cain. that brings the go-ahead run home. kansas city wins, 5-4, and sweeps the doubleheader. after a 66th win regular season the miami heat are on to the playoffs in pursuit of their second straight nba championship. the top seeded heat facing the milwaukee bucks in the first round. lebron james finishes with 27 points, and ray allen comes off the bench to score 20 against his former team. miami takes game one, 110-87. and one of soccer's biggest stars isn't exactly keeping his mouth shut today after he's involved in an on-field controversy. liverpool's luis suarez was caught on camera biting an
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opponent during sunday's game. yeah biting. the refs didn't see it, though, and suared wasn't penalized. in fact, he later scored a goal after he apologized. in0 he wnded speor seven games for another biting incident. in entertainment news now actress reese witherspoon is apologizing for her behavior when she was arrested with her husband in atlanta. witherspoon was charged with disorderly conduct when she would not stay in the car friday morning. her husband was arrested for dui, and according to the police report witherspoon asked the trooper, do you know my name and told him you're about to be on national news. two days later she was back on the red carpet to promote her new movie, "mud." coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," john flannery of the hit tv zeroes," mad men." i'm anne-marie green.
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investigators in the boston marathon bombing were provided with thousands of images from nc john blackstone talks to the agents in charge of poring over all of that material to track down the suspects. >> reporter: when the fbi posted video of the two suspects, hundreds of thousands of people tried to access the website, part of what's called crowd sourcing, using sheer numbers of people looking at pictures to help solve a crime, but beyond the numbers and despite dozens of camera angles and high-def video, it is the trained human eye that leads to arrests. >> so we're going to track our suspect from camera to camera to camera. >> reporter: grant fred ricks teaches video forensics at the media processing lab at the university of indianapolis.
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this is where law enforcement agents train to evaluate raw video for agencies including the fbi. >> this work starts as a labor. it starts as an incredible manual process. >> reporter: investigators must scrutinize the video frame by frame. they look for people who display any patterns or abnormalities that snal suspicious behavior. >> then that person will be tagged based on the clothing and description, direction of travel, gps information, time of day, gait of walk. how does the person walk. >> reporter: the characteristics of the person that catches the investigator's eye is then entered into computer programs that try to find the same suspect in video recorded by other cameras. when riots erupted in vancouver in 2011, police elected more than 5,000 hours of video. a team of 50 video experts at the indianapolis video lab spent
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two weeks searching for suspects. their work has led to charges of more than 200 people for rioting. fed ricks expects the examination of the boston video will continue even though the suspects no longer pose a threat. >> they're going have to go through all that video to ensure that they're being thorough and that they're not missing anybody. >> reporter: the value of video forensics can go beyond helping with arrests. in court the images can provide compelling evidence of the crime. john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the very latest on the boston bombing investigation. we will hear from john miller. plus, record-breaking flooding in the midwest. we'll get the latest from the scene. and we'll ichb trow deuce you to the 2013 teacher of the year, jeff charbonneau. that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com
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april 22nd. i'm frank mallicoat. >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald good morning, everyone. monday! boy, where did the weekend go? >> i know. >> april 22. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time now just about 4:30. what a lovely weekend too. >> yes. a few things happened. beautiful weather. >> gorgeous weather around the bay area. and i think today, boy, it may
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not get better than this as we'll see plenty of sunshine and some very warm temperatures again. probably the warmest day of the week. we'll talk about that coming up. >> it couldn't get any better than yesterday. outside now quiet on bay area roads. we are seeing overnight roadwork but not at the bay bridge. it's in the south bay. so coming up a check of all your roadways across the bay area in a little bit. >> thank you, liz. a moment of silence is planned in massachusetts this afternoon one week after two explosions rocked the boston marathon. boston's police commissioner says the two brothers had more explosives and may have been planning more attacks. the 19-year-old suspect who was caught friday has been communicating with officials by writing. susan mcginnis reports that suspect is unable to speak. reporter: 19-year-old dzhokhar tsarnaev is reportedly awake and responding to investigators' question. sources tell us he is writing out his answers because of a gunshot wound in his throat

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